The Board affirmed a Section 2(d) refusal of the mark LEIPER'S FORK DISTILLERY for "insulating sleeve holders for beverage cans," various clothing items, and alcoholic beverages, finding the mark to be primarily ...
The Board reversed a Section 2(e)(3) refusal to register the mark LAROMANA for "brown sugar," finding the mark not to be primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive. Although the Board agreed with the USPTO ...
Today in In re BigCommerce, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2018)(On Petition)(Linn, J.), the Federal Circuit a major decision on patent venue: Given that BigCommerce maintains its principal place of business and ...
The Board granted a petition for cancellation of four registrations for the mark GIDGET for clothing, cosmetics, jewelry, entertainment, and various other goods and services in eight classes, ruling that respondent had ...
The Board dismissed this opposition involving the two marks shown immediately below, for clothing embedded or infused with copper [COPPER 88 disclaimed], finding the marks too dissimilar to support a ...
The Board affirmed the USPTO's refusal to register the mark ROSSO GRANATO for wine, finding it to be merely descriptive of the goods, and further finding that it fails to function as ...
The Board rejected this applicant's claim of acquired distinctiveness for the mark PET GRASS for grass, grass kits, food for animals, and retail pet supply services. Applicant's Section 2(f) claim ...
Ned Heller was an important figure in the national patent community who held several important corporate positions. Professor Dennis Crouch provides more details on his career. See https://patentlyo.com/patent/2018/04/ned-heller-1947-2018.html With sadness, Hal
The Board dismissed this opposition to registration of the mark DR. DRAI, in standard character form, and the word + design mark shown immediately below, for educational, entertainment, and consulting services, ...
Here we go again. The Board sustained an opposition to registration of the marks BEAR CREEK DISTILLERY, in standard character and design form, for 'Spirits; Spirits and liqueurs; Distilled spirits,' finding ...